Westland Wasp

C/N f.9599

Built 1965





Helicopter Westland Wasp Serial f.9599 Register M499-08 XT429 used by Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia TLDM (Royal Malaysian Navy) ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1965. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XT429

jun65
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

RN, d/d 01 Jun 1965
Vidal Flt/408 by Jun 1968 until c Mar 1970
Bahrein Station Flt to Jun 1970
RNAY Fleetlands by Jun 1970
used on Ships Flight ground courses at RNAS Lee-on-Solent by Jul 1971
to NATIU at Lee by May 1973
to AES at Lee by Oct 1973 as Instructional Airframe
to RNAY Wroughton 23 Jun 1974
to NASU Culdrose Dec 1977
829 Sq Eskimo Flt/453 by Nov 1978
829 Sq (027) Plymouth Flt/445 in Oct 1980, still Mar 1982
1978-10-21 A EGDT noted in store RNAY Wroughton
1979-07-2222jul79 noted at Portland 829Sqn coded 453 Eskimo Flt 829 NAS
1981-11-05 B Trinity Pier829Sq Plymouth Flt, embarked on HMS Plymouth during visit to Plymouth, 5-9 Nov 1981.
1982-04-25 C off King Edward Pointas 829 Sq Plymouth Flt/445, attacked and damaged ARA Santa Fe outside Grytviken, South Georgia 829 NAS Operation Paraquat
1988-09-29 D EGHF Air Engineering School noted RNAS Lee-on-Solent Air Engineering School (AES) as Instructional airframe coded PLY.445
829 Sq Plymouth Flt/445-PLY until May 1988, to A2720 1988. To Malaysia 1992. 829 NAS

M499-08

aug92
malaysia Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia

ex UK RN XT429, d/d 08/1992 to Malaysian Navy as M499-08. wfu 26 Sep 2002




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